Sigh. Here we go again.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...sts_po-organic
Fifty-six hospitals in New York are facing limited staffed bed capacity and could be directed to postpone elective surgeries and other procedures, state Department of Health officials on Thursday said.
The list of hospitals has grown from the initial 37 facilities in the six days since Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the executive order, which is set to take effect on Friday. At the moment, no hospitals have been ordered to limit procedures based on that order.
The hospitals facing staffed bed capacity issues are based around the state, including Harlem Hospital Center in Manhattan and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens. In the Capital Region, Albany Medical Center remains on the list as does Glens Falls Hospital. Rochester's Strong Memorial is on the list, as are the two Upstate hospitals in Syracuse. Among the Western New York hospitals, Erie County Medical Center is on the watch list.
Hospitals that are considered due to be under strained capacity by health officials are those that currently have 10% staff bed capacity remaining, or as determined by the Department of Health based on regional health care utilization factors.
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